8.5/1054 votes#1 - A Chip in the Sugar
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/19/1988
Graham is a middle-aged man with a history of mild mental health problems, living with his mother in Leeds.
Director: Stuart Burge
Writer: Alan Bennett
8.9/1067 votes#2 - A Lady of Letters
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/26/1988
Irene Ruddock is not afraid to speak, or rather write, her mind: she writes letters to her MP, the police, the chemist - everyone she can, to remedy the social ills she sees around her.
Director: Giles Foster
Writer: Alan Bennett
8.3/10104 votes#3 - Bed Among the Lentils
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 5/3/1988
Susan, an alcoholic, nervous vicar's wife, distracts herself from her ambitious, and, as she sees him, vainly insensitive husband and his doting parishioners by conducting an affair with a nearby grocer, Ramesh Ramesh, discovering something about herself and God in the process.
Director: Alan Bennett
Writer: Alan Bennett
8.4/1037 votes#4 - Soldiering On
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 5/10/1988
Muriel is a strong woman, and always has been — a pillar of the community, a regular charity worker, and a volunteer for Meals on Wheels; and looking after her mentally ill daughter, Margaret, has fortified her resolve — so, after the death of her husband, Muriel is well-prepared to cope with the crisis.
Director: Tristram Powell
Writer: Alan Bennett
7.9/1038 votes#5 - Her Big Chance
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/17/1988
Lesley is an aspiring actress, who, after a series of unpromising extra roles on television programmes such as Crossroads, finds what she believes to be her big break as the adventurous Travis in a new film for the West German market.
Director: Giles Foster
Writer: Alan Bennett
9.0/1067 votes#6 - A Cream Cracker Under the Settee
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/24/1988
Doris, aged seventy-five, is a tidy woman — and when she suffers a fall after trying to clear up after her considerably less thorough home help, Zulema, it becomes apparent that her constant nagging may have been responsible for her husband's early death.
Director: Stuart Burge
Writer: Alan Bennett
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A series of dramatic monologues written for BBC television by the acclaimed British playwright Alan Bennett.
Genre:Drama
Network:BBC One
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"A Chip in the Sugar" is the best rated episode of "Talking Heads" season 1. It scored 8.5/10 based on 54 votes. Directed by Stuart Burge and written by Alan Bennett, it aired on 4/19/1988. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "A Lady of Letters".